Editing Amphitryon (section)

{{Short description|Figure in Greek mythology, husband of Alcmene}}
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{{Infobox deity
| deity_of = Prince of [[Tiryns]]
| type = Greek
| name = Amphitryon
| image = Detail - "Hercules strangles the snakes" - wall painting (1st century AD) from Herculaneum, "Augusteum" called Basilica - Exhibition "Hero" up July 31, 2018 at Archaeological Museum of Naples.jpg
| caption = Amphitryon, detail of antique fresco from [[Herculaneum]].
| abode = [[Thebes (Greece)|Thebes]]
| symbol = 
| consort = [[Alcmene]]
| parents = [[Alcaeus (mythology)|Alcaeus]] and [[Astydameia]]
| siblings = [[Anaxo]]<br />[[Perimede (mythology)|Perimede]]
| children = [[Laonome]]<br />[[Iphicles]]
| mount = 
| Roman_equivalent = 
| birth_place = [[Tiryns]]
}}
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[[File:Amphitryon.jpg|thumb|[[Book frontispiece|Frontispiece]] of the 1682 edition of [[Molière]]'s highly successful comedy [[Amphitryon (Molière play)|''Amphitryon'']], based on a [[Plautus|Plautine]] comic treatment of the myth of the [[eponym]]ous hero: the gods [[Jupiter (mythology)|Jupiter]] ([[Zeus]]), disguised as Amphitryon and mounted upon an eagle, and [[Mercury (mythology)|Mercury]] ([[Hermes]]) descend from [[Mount Olympus|Olympus]] to meddle in the affairs of the play's human characters.]]

'''Amphitryon''' ({{IPAc-en|æ|m|ˈ|f|ɪ|t|r|i|ən}}; [[Ancient Greek]]: Ἀμφιτρύων, ''gen''.: Ἀμφιτρύωνος; usually interpreted as "harassing either side", [[Latin]]: Amphitruo), in [[Greek mythology]], was a son of [[Alcaeus (mythology)|Alcaeus]], king of [[Tiryns]] in [[Argolis]]. His mother was named either [[Astydameia]], the daughter of [[Pelops]] and [[Hippodamia (mythology)|Hippodamia]], or [[Laonome]], daughter of [[Guneus]], or else [[Hipponome]], daughter of [[Menoeceus]]. Amphitryon was the brother of [[Anaxo (daughter of Alcaeus)|Anaxo]] (wife of [[Electryon]]), and [[Perimede (mythology)|Perimede]], wife of [[Licymnius]].<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Pseudo-Apollodorus]], ''Bibliotheca'' 2.4.5</ref><ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], ''Graeciae Descriptio'' 8.14.2</ref> He was a husband of [[Alcmene]], [[Electryon]]'s daughter, and stepfather of the Greek hero [[Heracles]].<ref name=":0">Roman, L., & Roman, M. (2010). {{Google books|tOgWfjNIxoMC|Encyclopedia of Greek and Roman mythology.|page=59}}</ref>